Main points:
Rohit Sharma’s international cricket career started in 2007 and now it has completed 18 years and 214 days. He created a new record in the list of longest career in Indian cricket, leaving Anil Kumble behind. His career is continuously active in ODI and is setting new records.
Delhi: The cricket career of a cricketer like Rohit Sharma is at such a stage that playing every match and scoring runs in it is bringing new records. A very special record of Rohit Sharma has come to light which is related to his long international career. As soon as he played in the ODI against New Zealand in Vadodara on 11 January 2026, Rohit Sharma’s international career completed 18 years and 201 days and in the list of longest international career of Indian players, he came at number 6, leaving behind Anil Kumble. With the second ODI of the series on 14 January, his career reached 18 years and 204 days.
Rohit Sharma’s international cricket career started with ODI in 2007 and he is playing in this format till the end. The first match was against Ireland in Belfast on 23 June 2007. Some more names in this list:
Indian with longest international career
24 years 1 day, Sachin Tendulkar (1989-2013):
This is such a long career that he is even mentioned in the list of players with the longest international career in the world. England’s Wilfred Rhodes has the longest international cricket career of 30 years 315 days and Sachin Tendulkar is number 5 but tops among Indian players. His career lasted from Karachi Test against Pakistan in 1989 (from 15 November 1989) to Wankhede Test against West Indies (from 16 November 2013).
19 years 310 days, Mohinder Amarnath (1969-1989):
Mohinder Amarnath’s international career started with the Chennai Test against Australia (from 24 December 1969) but ended it in ODI and the last match was against West Indies at Wankhede on 30 October 1989.
19 years, Lala Amarnath (1933-1952):
Incidentally, Mohinder’s father also made a record of long international career and he played only Tests. Made his debut against England in the Test played from 15 December 1933 in Mumbai and the last Test was against Pakistan at Eden Gardens which lasted till 15 December 1952.
18 Years 250 Days, Ashish Nehra (1999-2017):
White ball cricket matches became the lifeline of Ashish’s career. He came from Test and made his debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo on 24 February 1999. He played Test only till 2004 but continued playing ODI and T20. In this too, ODIs were played till March 2011 but the last T20 International was played against New Zealand in Delhi on 1 November 2017.
18 years 214 days, S Venkataraghavan (1965–1983):
He came to international cricket through Test and made his debut against New Zealand in Chennai on 27 February 1965. The last international test was also against Pakistan in Jalandhar on 29 September 1983.
18 years 214 days, Rohit Sharma (2007-2026): He is now equal to Venkataraghavan in career length and will overtake him in the third match of the series.
18 years 191 days, Anil Kumble (1990-2008):
He came from ODI and made his debut against Sri Lanka in Sharjah on 25 April 1990. This career ended in Test and the last Test was against Australia in Delhi till 2 November 2008.
18 years 58 days, Dinesh Karthik (2004-2022) :
He first played ODI and made his debut against England at Lord’s on 5 September 2004. Ended his international career in T20 match and his last match was against Bangladesh in Adelaide on 2 November 2022.
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